2015 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

SEVERAL INSTANCES OF KEY NOT RELEASING FROM IGNITION. THIS IS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE YOU CANT LEAVE YOUR CAR PARKED IN PUBLIC WITHOUT RISK. SUPPOSEDLY AN ISSUE MENTIONED BY PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE.

I WENT OUT TO PICK UP DINNER.I LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING WHEN I WENT INTO THE RESTAURANT, CAME OUT TWO MINUTES LATER AND NOTICED A REALLY WEIRD RATTLING/REVVING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I POPPED THE HOOD AND THE WHOLE RADIATOR FAN AND HOUSING WAS WOBBLING AND HAD A TERRIBLE ELECTRICAL FIRE SMELL. I WAS THANKFULLY ABLE TO GET HOME,WHICH WAS ONLY FIVE MINUTES AWAY, BUT AS SOON AS I GOT IN THE DRIVEWAY THE MESSAGE "SERVICE ENGINE" CAME ONTO THE SCREEN.I POPPED THE HOOD AGAIN AND THE FAN LOCKED UP AND IS NO LONGER SPINNING. I SEE I'M NOT THE FIRST WITH THIS ISSUE...CAN WE PLEASE GET A RECALL?THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER (SHEETS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM, 250 AUTO PLAZA DRIVE, BECKLEY, WV 25801, (304)-252-4555) WAS CONTACTED TO SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,941. **TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *JS

DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT BLOWS FUSES AND IT GETS STUCK IN ODD POSITIONS, IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING AND PARKED. THIS IS MY MOTHER IN LAW'S APPOINTMENT CAR AND ME AND MY WIFE HAVE THE NEED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HER APPOINTMENTS AS ONE TIME SHE TOOK IT BY HERSELF AND BEING DISABLED SHE ALWAYS BACKS THE SEAT TO GET IN AND OUT EASIER, WELL THE SEAT GOT STUCK AND SHE HAD TO DRIVE IT HOME LIKE THAT BARELY REACHING THE PEDALS AS NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO DRIVE IT FOR HER AND WE WERE 30 HOURS AWAY IN ANOTHER STATE. WE MOVED AND HAVE BEEN ARGUING WITH THE FACTORY AND 2 DEALERSHIPS EVER SINCE. ALSO THE BRAKES ARE ALWAYS SQUEALING AND BARELY STOPS THE CAR WHEN HOT, THEY LOOK WORN OUT AND GLAZED, DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL FOR THE CAR.

ENGINE OVERHEATED RAPIDLY WHILE DRIVING, SIMILAR TO THESE OTHER COMPLAINTS HTTP://M.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/JEEP/RENEGADE/2016/ENGINE/ENGINE.SHTML

WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREET WHEN REALIZED THAT AIR CONDITIONING HAD STOPPED COOLING. SAW THAT HEAT GAUGE LEVEL WAS COMPLETELY INTO THE RED (HIGHEST) READING. MESSAGE APPEARED WARNING THAT THERE WAS A COOLING ISSUE. WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND HAD AAA TOW CAR TO A GARAGE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RADIATOR MOTOR FAN HAD STOPPED WORKING, RESULTING IN FULL REPLACEMENT OF THAT AS WELL AS THERMOSTAT. COST WAS $866.55! ONLINE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL OF JEEP.

2015 JEEP RENEGADE SPORT 4X4 2.4L 52,000 MILES. NOTICEABLE FAN NOISE AND VIBRATION FROM ELECTRIC ENGINE COOLING FAN, THE THEN VEHICLE OVERHEATED, SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SERVICE 4X4 LIGHT CAME ON, AND 4X4 FUNCTIONS FAILED AND COULD NOT SWITCH THE 4X4 FUNCTIONS. ERROR CODE:P0481 FAN CONTROL CIRCUIT. FAILED RELAY SWITCH. EFFECTING DRIVETRAIN FAILURE WITH THE 4X4 SYSTEM, COOLING FAN FAILURE, STALLING OF THE VEHICLE, AND ENGINE DAMAGE FROM OVERHEATING. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE KNOWN TO THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIPS THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED AND RECALLED FOR THE OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. COOLING FAN FUSE BLOWN (50AMP @ LOCATION F05).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (FAMILY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 6735 ESSINGTON AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19153, (215) 492-8600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN OIL CHANGE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL SQUEAKING NOISE AND STALLED. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE EMERGING FROM THE GRILL AREA AND OIL LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH AND ACCELERATING, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (BRAD FRANCIS CHRYSLER, 357 EMILIO LOPEZ RD NW, LOS LUNAS, NM 87031, (505) 866-2900) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION INTAKE VALVE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER LOCAL DEALER (MELLOY DODGE, 9621 COORS BLVD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114, (888) 760-4136) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION, AIR TUBING, AND INTAKE TUBING AND RETEST ON THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,864. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WHEN JEEP RENEGADE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED TO CUT OFF. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SHAKING AND SHUDDERING. GOT OFF AT EXIT AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN OR WHEN MAKING A TURN AFTER STOPPING. MADE IT HOME. TURNED IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. THERE WAS NO ADVANCED WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD PRIOR TO THE JEEP UNEXPECTANTLY SLOWING DOWN. THERE WAS NO BURNING SMELL. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2018 TO JEEP DEALER IN LEWISBURG, WV. THEY SAY IT COULD BE A WEEK BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND I AM WITHOUT A VEHICLE. I WANTED IT TAKEN TO A VIRGINIA DEALER WHO COULD LOOK AT IT SOONER BUT ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE SAID THE WV DEALER WAS CLOSER.